Thorens TD160 III

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Michael-M

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I am servicing the above turntable with the electronic arm lift.

The arm lifts and lowers as it should when the cue button is operated, but it doesn't lift at the end of the record.

Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it? The manual seems to make it awfully complex.
 
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didn't know any of the 160 models had this, I thought that was a 145 thing. I can't find the manual for it so no idea what it has to say on the matter.

The 145 at least has an issue where if you move the tonearm height, it messes with the adjustment and it won't work anymore. The gap adjustment is in the service manual. Its a somewhat overly complicated way of getting it all done, with an oscillator that changes frequency as the arm moves until it hits resonance. Anyway, I'd check the gap on that pickup on the bottom of the tonearm before getting too carried away here.
 
Googled a bit and found no explicit mention of the Mk. III version. Looking at this Thorens model overview we can see the Mk. I, Mk. II (1972-1976) and then Mk. IV and V (1987-1988). So presumably, the Mk.III could have been the TD-160 Super (1982)?
 
nerpissad said:
Googled a bit and found no explicit mention of the Mk. III version. Looking at this Thorens model overview we can see the Mk. I, Mk. II (1972-1976) and then Mk. IV and V (1987-1988). So presumably, the Mk.III could have been the TD-160 Super (1982)?
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The 160 Super is sort of a different thing, but mostly its a 160 with some extra damping on the sub-chassis and often with no arm or cue. Idea is you mount your own non-Thorens arm on it.
 
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